Mamas & Papas Giveaway!

This year I've been so lucky to have the support of Mamas & Papas to help me look good during my pregnancy as they generously gave me some of their maternity clothes to try and review. I really did feel good and further to that they sponsored me to go to CyberMummy. I loved Mamas and Papas before this, particularly for clothes for Isla and decor for her nursery.

I'm now lucky enough to be able to offer you the chance to win a gorgeous summery tunic from Mamas and Papas maternity range. Here it is:

It's a size 14 and it really does look fab on (I was given one to wear to CyberMummy) and is so lightweight and cool for summer. It currently retails at £36.

All you have to do to win this gorgeous tunic is comment below on what is your favourite thing about being pregnant!

For a second optional entry please follow @iheartmuthahood and @mamasandpapas on Twitter and Tweet the URL of this Giveaway including @iheartmuthahood

Please leave separate comments below for each entry.

Please also leave a way of contacting you (twitter ID, email). This competition is open to UK residents only.

This giveaway will end on July 15th. Good luck!

My CyberMummy Sponsors - Mamas and Papas!

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I have my ticket all ready for CyberMummy this year and I'm now proud to announce that my sponsors for the conference are Mamas & Papas! I'm such big fans of their products - maternity and baby related and I feel like we're a great match! The story behind our pairing goes like this....

Back in March this year I was starting to get a bigger bump and I was finding it so hard to find maternity clothes that I felt looked good and also were going to grow with me. I paid a few visits to some stores I'd relied upon during my first pregnancy and felt so dissatisfied with what I came across. Then I went to Mamas and Papas, a place I didn't even consider first time around for maternity clothes, and when I went in the store they were doing a fantastic offer on their denim jeans and I desperately needed them. The following week I found myself in there again and got another bargain - combat trousers in the sale - I have lived in these I have to say.

I tweeted about my maternity clothing dissatisfaction and Mamas and Papas tweeted back. I liked the direct contact that they were prepared to have with their customers (I'd tweeted M&S about my disappointment that they'd moved their maternity wear to online sale only and had received no response). It was then that I decided to contact M&P directly to see if they'd be interested in doing anything with a blogger. I explained how I'd found maternity clothing mostly a let down and that I'd discovered their range to be a cut above the rest. To my surprise they said they'd love to work with me and straight out asked what size and styles I liked. The following week I was astounded by their generosity, I received a box with some gorgeous tops (amongst them an excellent breastfeeding top, that I hope to put to good use), a fantastic maxi dress, a lovely pair of cut off jeans and some leggings.

Me in my maxi dress on my last day at work before maternity leave!

Since receiving these items I've put them to good use (read that as lived in them!), posted about them on the blog and have had some lovely compliments, at times I've felt I'm better dressed pregnant than when I'm not. So last week I plucked up the courage to ask the lovely people at Mamas if they would consider sponsoring me for CyberMummy and to my delight they said yes! I was on cloud nine about it to be honest as I've loved the brand since before Isla was born, her bedroom is decked out in the Gingerbread range and I regularly bought clothes for her online.

I'm really excited about going to Cybermummy and hoping that baby number 2 can just hold on for a bit and make an appearance after the 25th June! Thanks Mamas and Papas for making me feel well dressed for this pregnancy and also for helping me take 'I Heart Motherhood' to Cybermummy 2011.

Mamas and Papas Maternity Wear

Today was a bit of a rainy/ sunny day (Peppa Pig song - didn't see any rainbows though). So I decided to wear this Mamas and Papas top as it's summery but has the nice cardigan detail that kept my arms warm.

Still not had the right weather for my maxi dress, but I'm sure there will be an opportunity in my last 6 weeks before due date! If you're looking for some summer Maternity wear then look towards Mamas and Papas.

Mamas and Papas supplied me with some gorgeous maternity clothes to trial from their new summer range on the understanding that I write about them, I feel lucky to have the opportunity and do honestly love the clothes!

Mamas and Papas Maternity Wear - Lucky Me!

I've been lucky enough to be able to sample some of the new summer range of Mamas & Papas maternity wear recently and over the next couple of weeks I plan to show you some of the lovely things that the people at M&P sent me to try out!

It is so hard when you're pregnant to look nice and when I got pregnant for the second time I looked at the clothes I wore last time around and wanted to cry!! It's a real catch 22 situation as you don't want to spend too much on new clothes as your body shape isn't going to stay like Mr Greedy for long (or so you hope!) but at the same time none of your normal clothes fit. Before I was sent the clothing I'd already made a couple of purchases from Mamas &  Papas as they had a brilliant sale on their maternity jeans, I got these jeans:

Then a couple of weeks later I found these fantastic combat trousers in the sale - so comfy but can also look stylish with the right top/ footwear:

This week I've worn this outfit:

Me Rocking My Bump In Hyde Park!

I've felt really summery and not at all frumpy. The cropped jeans (£28) are under the bump and have been perfect in this warm spring weather. The top (£32) is really pretty and Mamas and Papas also do a maxi dress in the same material.

Over the next few weeks I plan to wear more of my Mamas and Papas clothes and show you just how good the range is, I'm most looking forward to 'showcasing' (love that word!) the maxi dress, it's gorgeous!

Check out Mamas and Papas maternity clothing range online